Windshield



July 21, 1925.

G. G. GERBER WINDSHIELD Filed July 5, 1924 Patented July 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE G. GERBER. OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

WINDSHIELD.

Application filed July 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. GERBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, county of Multnomah, State of 5 Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windshields. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to Windshields in general. and particularly to Windshields adapted for use 11 on automobiles. thev object being to provi e such a Windshield with the usual supporting posts and frames climinated, and thus to Irovide a clear vision windshield with no structions tosight in its construction. I accomplish this object by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing which is a part of this application for Letters Patent, like characters of reference indicating like parts throughout the several views thereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device.

Fig. 2 is a section upon line 22 of Fig. l drawn upon an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the corner con struction of the upper frame.

Fig. 4 is a section upon line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

In general my device consists of a glass shield set in suitable upper and lower frames, the latter being secured upon the cowl of the automobile, and said frames being connected by a suitable bolt, thus clamping the glass between the frames.

The lower frame is formed of a portion 5 curved to fit the cow] transversely thereof, and rearwardly extending arms 6 upon the extremities of the curved portion. A groove or rabbet is disposed upon the upper edge of said frame within which the glass shield is The upper frame is similar to the lower frame except that the transverse portion 7 is not curved, and is provided with rearwardly extending arms 8, said arms being referably shorter than the arms 6 of the ower frame. A groove or rabbet is provided upon the lower edge of the upper frame to receive the glass.

The upper and lower frames are connected at the extremities of their respective arms 6 1924. Serial No. 724,075. v

and 8 by a member 9, said member being preferably channel sha ed as shown in Fig. 4 to receive the glass t erein.

The lower frame is secured upon the automobile cowl by suitable bolts 10, and a 65 threaded rod 11 is passed through the cowl and through a lug 12 in each corner of the upper frame, thus binding the two frames tightly upon the intermediate glass shields.

The glass shield is preferably made in 60 three sections, a front section 13 and two side sections 14, the front section overlapping the side sections as shown at the corner of Fig. 4.

The upper frame is provided with astud 05 15 for securing the automobile top.

By this construction I provide a windshield without the usual standards and swinging frames, and therefore without any obstructions to the sight.

My device may be made of any size, and constructed of any materials deemed convenient and suitable for a device of this character, and while I have illustrated and described a form of construction and arrangell ment of parts found desirable in materializing my invention, I wish to include in this application all mechanical equivalents and substitutes that may fairly be considered to come within the sco e and purview of my :0 invention as defined 1n the appended claims.

Having disclosed my invention so that others may be enabled to construct and to use the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pair of channeled frames with rearwardly extending arms upon the extremities thereof, one of said frames being curved to fit upon an automobile cowl; sheets of glass mounted between said channeled frames; and a tie rod connecting the corners of said frames to clamp the sheets of glass therebetween.

2. A pair of channeled frames; rearwardly extending arms upon the extremities of said frames; a member connecting the ends of said arms; a tie rod connecting the corners of said frames; and sheets of glass mountedbetween said frames.

3. An automobile windshield composed of three sheets of lass, a front glass and two side lasses, sai front lass contactin with the e ge of each of sai side glasses without any connecting frame at said contact point; 5 two frames substantially horizontally disposed, one above and one beneath said sheets of ilass; and means to clamp said frames toget or with sa tween.

id sheets of glass therebe- 

